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Re:The Euphemism Treadmill by togib on Thursday August 22, 2024 @01:01AM (#41316986)
And please don't call me cishet, unless you are cishet yourself. I really don't like being called cishet.
Re:The Euphemism Treadmill by hungie on Thursday August 22, 2024 @01:04AM (#41316994)
Sure, what language do you prefer to indicate non trans, heterosexual when I refer to you?
Re:The Euphemism Treadmill by mjh2539 on Thursday August 22, 2024 @02:22AM (#41317364)
The terms "heterosexual" and "homosexual" were only coined in the latter 19th century. People have been having sex with each other for much longer than the last two-hundred years (even between members of the same sex), but somehow we made due without needing such terms (which, ironically, are now considered passe by progressives and the cultural avant-garde). I refuse to use them because I refuse to reify what they claim to refer to.

https://www.firstthings.com/article/2014/03/against-heterose...

Re:The Euphemism Treadmill by avaldez_ on Thursday August 22, 2024 @08:50AM (#41319688)
Not the commenter you're answering to, but... what's wrong with the words you did just use?
Re:The Euphemism Treadmill by StevenWaterman on Thursday August 22, 2024 @10:23AM (#41320627)
Non-trans is quite "othering". It implies that being trans is the default

In the same way that we say queer instead of "non-straight"

Re:The Euphemism Treadmill by hungie on Thursday August 22, 2024 @10:25AM (#41320644)
Nothing. They are just long and have the same meaning. The Latin opposite of "trans-" prefix is "cis-". See the use in terms like cislunar vs translunar.
Re:The Euphemism Treadmill by consteval on Thursday August 22, 2024 @02:30PM (#41323122)
You... don't like being called heterosexual and cisgender?

Or is it just because cishet was "created" by gay people, so therefore it's automatically bad and you don't want it?

I'll never understand this mentality. "no dude I'm normal don't call me that shit!!" Like... come on.

To be clear I'm not saying this is YOUR mentality 100%. But whenever is see people say this, almost every time, this is their mentality.